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Claim (24 years ago, in 28 February 2002)

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Claim (24 years ago, in 28 February 2002) Those which came and will come for years
Are all the same clouds,
Which rain and rain again.
In a way, the world might have changed,
But nothing has changed on this side of the window. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 104 — Restraint

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 104 - Restraint A hungry stomach never forgets why I let her go.
An upright character remembers-down to the last detail-why I walked away.
My heart aches
not for what happened,
not for what might have been, Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 92 – Hunger and Poverty

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 92 – Hunger and Poverty The point is—
a man must eat when it is served.
Yet I carry this blame: I did not eat,
though the world knew my hunger—
those who fed me, Read more from here...

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